Obsidian's Pillars of Eternity Delayed To Late 2014

Obsidian's old-school RPG Pillars of Eternity won't release this spring as originally intended. In an interview with Eurogamer, project lead Josh Sawyer explained that a Spring release was on the table before more than 73,000 people backed the project on Kickstarter, contributing $4.3 million USD -- nearly four times the $1.1 million USD Obsidian originally asked for.

So when will Pillars of Eternity release? His indirect response puts the RPG into late 2014 at the earliest.

"We foresaw needing a bit more time when the Kickstarter ended," Sawyer said. "It's understandable that people don't know this but when you start a Kickstarter, once it goes live, you can't change that date. You're not allowed to change to that date."

Sawyer did note that an Early Access version of Pillars of Eternity will precede the full release. And when it finally does launch, Sawyer said the core campaign will be "way longer" than 20 hours.

Mike Sharkey is a former GameSpy (RIP!) editor. He’s currently contributing to IGN and Game Front and would like to play Pillars of Eternity sooner rather than later. Follow @mjsharkey on Twitter.